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The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker

Here’s the article, “Covert Operations,” that’s stirring up so much angst. Democracy depends on a watchdog press. Thank god for Jane Mayer and the New Yorker’s courage. The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama : The New Yorker.

Do Some Americans Pay No Taxes? The Contrived Claims That Everyone Must Help Pay for the Government

“What Does it Mean For a Person to Contribute to Society? The argument that some people in the poorer half of the country are not contributing to fund the government is, therefore, simply incoherent once it is broken down and analyzed in depth. The government makes it possible for a modern economy to function. Some [...]

Yo Comments Are Wack! (Sister Salad)

Life With a Pouch on the Side – Well Blog – NYTimes.com

“I’ve got a little plastic secret. I don’t have a colon, and for more than 25 years I’ve worn a pouch on my lower right abdomen to collect waste. I think about the pouch only when I change it or if there’s a problem with it.” By DANA JENNINGS via Life With a Pouch on [...]

Michael Wolff: Sarah Palin, Inc. Has a Problem

“Before this gets out of hand, I want to try to save the word ‘retarded,’ which seems robust and meaningful and evocative of so much that is silly, inept, and illogical. It really does not necessarily besmirch people who are actually retarded. That word, the specifically besmirching word, with cruel connotations, evoking the fifth grade, [...]

Books Are Bad for You

Michael Wolff makes a  good point: “A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell and then not selling—I wrote the line “books suck,” subjecting me to much middlebrow opprobrium. I’d like to revise that line: Books are evil.” via Books [...]

Op-Ed Columnist – Advice From Grandma – NYTimes.com

New York Times columnist and author of The World is Flat Thomas Friedman gets at the etiology of the political paralysis that has stricken our nation. There are six factors that have converged to create civilization-threatening gridlock. Read the New York Times article for more. Well said, Mr. Friedman! Friedman: “But while our culture of [...]

Editorial – A Gift to Credit Card Companies – NYTimes.com

It seems simple to believe that people are motivated by money—it talks and bullshit walks, right?—but why do I struggle to believe that anyone could so deliberately screw over his constituents? It gives rise to a feeling of outrage. “Congress left consumers extremely vulnerable when it gave the credit card industry as long as 15 [...]

Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto?

Did Schwarzenegger drop 4-letter bomb in veto?.

a little pregnant: New rule: Don’t read comments, ever

“Every time someone declares that infertile people should accept their lot in life and adopt, they should be required by law to adopt a child themselves. To put their money where their mouth is. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? I hear it’s a piece of cake. And every time someone says that infertile people should [...]